By Rob Pickard
The Barossa Valley is a region familiar to most wine drinkers, from the everyday Barossa reds from your local supermarket, to high end boutique wineries producing some of the world’s finest Shiraz. Most wine drinkers are big fans of that silky smooth, fruit driven, full bodied style created in the region. However I would take a guess that very few are aware …
By Denise Medrano, http://winesleuth.wordpress.com
SAAM Koopmanskraal Shiraz
Bisol Prosecco and Eatlikeagirl ran a competition not long ago to find the best Prosecco and food pairing. I entered but sadly didn’t even make the final (hey, I’m a wine blogger not a chef). Food Urchin won with his dish of Warm Winter Salad with Pheasant. Now, you’re probably wondering why …
By Dan Coward
Small Ferments
The vintage at St Hallett is firing along on all cylinders. And that’s a lot of cylinders, believe me! For St Hallett, part of the skill is juggling an extremely lively tank schedule with such a range of fruit sources and picking schedules. When Stuart Blackwell meets me at the door he cuts straight to the chase and …
By Dan Coward
Old vine shiraz
I’m at Knappstein and it’s time for Chief winemaker, Julian Langworthy to get me into some real action. Riesling and Shiraz are moving along okay and both will be jostling for centre stage in the winery in coming days. Overall, as at Friday 26th Feb Knappstein was halfway through overall. After the last four years, the …
By Robert Giorgione, robertfoodwinetravel.blogspot.com/
Old Block Shiraz
After a quick recovery from Petaluma’s Rieslings (see previous post), it was was Toby Barlow’s (St Hallett Winemaker/Site Manager) turn to take the stage. St Hallett was established in the Barossa Valley in 1944, but the first vintage of “Old Block” Shiraz was the 1982. However, it was with the 1985 wine, which …
